Wale season has returned. The DMV native didn’t pull any punches on Tuesday (June 22) when demanding his respect as one of the greatest to ever pick up a mic in Hip Hop.
“I understand you may feel how you feel for whatever soembody told you … but I just wanna reiterate that I’m one of the greatest of all time,” Wale declared on Twitter. “Catalog .Consistency. Influence. Longevity . DMV. With that said #Folarin2 this summer.”
Wale’s bold declaration came on a day where he also released the music video to his Diddy and Usher-sampling “I Need A Girl” for the lavish “Angles” visual featuring an assist from R&B deity Chris Brown.
The Daniel CZ-directed clip takes place at a plush mansion and brings all the summery vibes with women hanging by the pool alongside C. Breezy. Folarin looks to avoid the distractions and thirst traps by showering his girl with gifts, but it doesn’t seem to work out in the end.
All of the chatter sets up for Wale to unleash his first full-length album in nearly two years on Warner with the Folarin 2 sequel. The original Folarin mixtape released on Christmas Eve in 2012 and remains a staple in Wale’s discography. The project was powered by “Bad” featuring Tiara Thomas, which was dubbed a single and later received a remix from Rihanna. “Bad” peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
EarthGang, Coi Leray & Wale Make Outside A Thing In 'Options (Remix)' Video
Wale feeling disrespected could in part be due to RapCaviar leaving him off their “Mt. Rapmore” list of the 2010s. Spotify elected to go with Drake, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and had Nicki Minaj take the final spot via fan voting.
Wale is good, not one of the goats. Kanye deserves to be on that 2010s Mt. Rapmore, he dropped better music throughout the decade (especially early in the decade) than J.Cole and Nicki. Kendrick had a classic album (gkmc, NOT tpab) in that time period and Drake was on top for most of it but nobody in this convo dropped better albums than mbdtf or wtt so how do you leave that dude off the list?
Kanye had decent run and got one classic(MBDTF) in 10s period, that being said he MUST belong to 00s list not 10s, IMO. When it comes to 10s, Kendrick, Drake, Cole are easily the best ones and got huge influence for their generation. Not sure about Nicki except the gender thing though. Future or even Gucci was more important figure than her. Meanwhile everybody would agree of Wale belongs to nowhere lol.
Future and Gucci more important than Nicki? LMAO and Future was more successful and more influential than Cole. Kanye and Wayne belong to Mt. Rapmore of the 2000s. Cole is nowhere near Drake Nicki Kendrick and Future as far as success and influence
Bro – in the 2010’s Kanye dropped MBDTF, Cruel Summer, Yeezus, TLOP, Ye, Kids See Ghosts, and Jesus is King. Granted – last 3 aint that good, but the rest were fire. Kanye is 3rd on the 2010’s list behind Drake and Kendrick. J. Cole should be 4th. Nicki dropped like two albums, that weren’t even that good.
And Watch The Throne as well as other comps
Nicki Minaj is fuckin garbage and should only be compared to Soulja boy Tekashi.
She did not even closely have the best run in any year or decade wtf?! Two trash albums???? That’s it..
I agree with you on Kanye deserving to be on that Rushmore instead of overrated, mainstream, Pop Nicki Minaj. I also agree that Wale is a good MC, not one of the GOATS. Mans is dropping a song with Chris Brown for the ladies is the main reason why Wale gets overlooked. He’s simply not as good as Cole, Kendrick, or Drake. As far as Kendrick’s albums- Dot got at least 3 certified classics. To Pimp is his magnum opus. GKMC is a classic and Damn won a Pulitzer. So, I don’t know where you get this notion that Kendrick only has one classic LP. Section is a near-classic as well.
Rozay? Wayne? Yo Gotti?
Wale obv not a goat hes like a less talented version of kid Cudi at best. But doesn’t really have any project that’s memorable
F O H lmao. If middle of the road was a rapper
That’s been kind, he’s not even middle of the road. I couldn’t even name a single track by the guy as he has no flow. To call yourself one of the best you need to have a good few albums under your belt and people need to be talking about you 10 to 15 years from now.
Al least now were talkin’ about him…………any publicity, is good publicity.
Damn…the “fall of” is real. These artists never want to admit when it’s time for a change. Because music is all they know.
Don’t understand it. You get rich off one way. Use that money to learn how to get rich off other ways.
The only jam of Wale in my playlist is Lotus flower bomb with Miguel. Music to freak to.
I DON’T WALE WITH THE NEW
Sean price > wale
Wale been trash for a minute. Nobody wants to listen to that. He made songs for women and even they didn’t like them. A wack DC negro. Goat status, yeah ok Wale.
I hope this man doesn’t believe that bullshit. He’s a “meh” rapper at best. He’s lucky mfs haven’t forgotten about him yet. He’s irrelevant as could be.
He’s right. He “fell off” bc ppl think he’s too sure of himself and call him “corny” but if you just listen to his catalogue and ignore the media stuff; he is one of the greatest of the last 10 years.
Wale is A True Rapper. The best thing that ever happened to music. All these hate will never stop his greatness. He is talking about dropping his 7th studio Album. The man is successful. #Shine #Gifted #DMV #Ambition. Happy Hate day to haters